Did you ever dig a hole that must be five feet deep and five feet across in every direction on the barren land under the scorching sun every day? Boys at detention center called Camp Green Lake have to do so. Holes is about boys digging holes as a kind of punishment. As the story progresses, friendship reveals its benefits with respect to survival. They are sent to Camp for some reasons to make up mistakes. Building character by various means is indispensible in one’s growth, which can be seen in Holes by Louis Sachar. Boys build character by spending every day digging holes against all physical pains and harsh conditions of environment. All boys have to listen to instructions and follow the rules. They are force to dig holes no matter what weather it is and how painful they feel. During the course of continuous labour, they have been slowly developing physical strength and self-confidence. The boys can feel that “[their] muscles [have] strengthened, and [their] hands [are] tough and callused.” (Sachar, P80) Friendship can be seen during labour and in facing hardships. Friendship is beneficial in terms of survival and helpful in building character, which is a prominent theme in the novel. A real friend is the one who is always there and willing to help one when one is in trouble. The protagonist, Stanley Yelnats, is not welcome during the time in the school. He has no friends and is always a target to be picked up by bullies. His situation remains the same when he is sent to the detention center. Then he notices a boy called Zero who presents a strange character because he rarely speaks. Later on, Stanley flees from supervisors together with Zero, which cements their relationship when they face the adversity that posts threat to their lives in which they have to bear thirst and hotness for a long time. When they get a little amount of water, they share. They learn to take care of each other and value one another as spiritual support. They encourage each other by...

...no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-grandfather. Louis Sachar has contributed to American literature by writing children’s books, in which his greatest strength as a writer is his creation of imagery that produces imagery in the reader’s head. In the novel Holes, by Louis Sachar one of Sachar’s themes of the novel is that obstructing promises can be a crucial characteristic depicting the way one will live the rest of his life, for example being in the wrong place at the...

...﻿“When you spend your hole life in a hole, the only way you can go is up” -Zero
In this essay it will be demonstrated that it is possible to climb out of a “hole” if someone has the motivation and determination to do so. Stanley and Zero are example of this. Unfortunately this was not the case for Sam and Lewis (barf-bag).
The novel “Holes” show that Stanley did endeavour to overcome his many challenges, Stanley show...

...HOLES
In the beginning of the novel Holes, by Louis Sachar, Stanley Yelnats is convicted of stealing a pair of sneakers that were supposed to be auctioned to supply a orphanage with money. He didn't deliberately steal the sneakers they hit him in the head after Hector Zeroni stole them and saw the police so he threw them over the bridge. Later in the novel Stanley meets Hector and tells him why he is there and Hector describes what they look like. Stanley was...

...Stanley begins a friendship with Zero. He teaches him how to read. Zero ran away from camp after being insulted by the camp leader and Mr. Sir. Stanley and Zero find a case, which is the lost treasure of Kate Barlow.
Question 7
Setting -the book holes takes place in a juvenile detention center that is in a lake in Texas. Most of the story is in the end of the 1990’s. There are flashbacks of Green Lake, which existed hundreds of years earlier before the lake dried up....

...since i'm a college student , holes is the first english novel i have read . it left deep emotions on me ,
Holes, by Louis Sachar is not only an enjoyable read but a read that will leave you aching for more. It makes you laugh. It makes you sad. It leaves you on the edge of your seat. It helps us understand a bit more about ourselves and about other people. It teaches us that who we truly are lies deep within us and that friendship can bring it out in you. The...

...Outside reading project
"Holes" by Louis Sachar
Holes by Louis Sachar is an award-winning fictional story with an ironic setting of " Camp Green Lake", the juvenile delinquent camp where Stanley Yelnats was sent in the beginning of the story. There Stanley was forced to dig five by five holes everyday in the " Dry, flat wasteland" desert, at Camp Green Lake in Texas. It was here where Stanley meet some very interesting people. Each character...

...﻿Summary: Act I, scene i
Antonio, a Venetian merchant, complains to his friends, Salarino and Solanio, that a sadness has overtaken him and dulled his faculties, although he is at a loss to explain why. Salarino and Solanio suggest that his sadness must be due to his commercial investments, for Antonio has dispatched several trade ships to various ports. Salarino says it is impossible for Antonio not to feel sad at the thought of the perilous ocean sinking his entire investment,...